EPFO: How to check status, EPF account passbook on official portal, Umang app, SMS, Missed Call, WhatsApp—Stepwise guide

Here's how EPFO members can check their provident fund balance, view and download their account passbook and track claims through the official portal, Umang app, SMS, WhatsApp or missed calls services. 

The Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) is a government-backed investment and retirement savings option for salaried individuals in India. For FY26, the Centre ratified 8.25% interest rate for both EPF and voluntary provident fund (VPF). Marking the third consecutive time the instrument delivered 8.25% returns.

Today, we look at how EPF members can check their employees provident fund balance EPF account passbook, download their passbook for the account or track the status of their application can do so using the official portal, Umang mobile app, SMS, WhatsApp, or the missed call facilities.

Please note that for newly activated UANs, passbook is available only after few hours of the account becoming active. New members will thus have to wait to view their contributions and balance details.

Want to check EPF balance? Here's a stepwise guide

• Log into the EPFO member portal and click on ‘View’ in the top bar
• Select ‘Passbook’ from the drop-down options and it will redirect you to the passbook portal
• Login here using your UAN and password
• Once logged in you can view your passbook for monthly entries, employee and employer contributions, pension contributions and interest earned, besides the total balance accumulated.
• The passbook will show multiple Member IDs for each company you have worked at. Select the Member ID of the company you want to check.
• You can save and download a copy for offline by clicking on ‘Download PDF’ on the top right of the e-passbook.

Steps to view, download EPF passbook on Umang app